"Ha! Now I get it. You dug your own hole." Gu Jun laughed heartily.
Zhu Yanyi rolled her eyes at her, then smiled. "Actually, I have quite a few high-grade pills. They aren't top-tier, but they are very good. I originally wanted to give some to Fourth Senior Brother, but it seems unnecessary now."
"Fourth Brother doesn't want them, so I will!" Jian Feiyan said seriously.
"Indeed, I want some too," Yi Yunfei said with a grin.
"No problem." Zhu Yanyi took out two bags of pills and handed one to each person, excluding Gu Jun.
Gu Jun was stunned. She looked at Zhu Yanyi and said, "Fifteen, you are playing favorites."
Zhu Yanyi made a funny face and grinned. "Can't help it. You don't like my high-grade pills, do you?"
"Fifteen's high-grade pills are actually very good," Ouyang Tianyun said carefully as she put her away. "They are definitely better than mine. Some even surpass my quality. Most of her high-grade pills are close to top-tier." She then looked at Zhu Yanyi and asked, "By the way, Fifteen, what level of pills can you refine now?"
"I can only refine high-grade five-level pills. Top-tier is still too hard. But for four-level pills, I can mostly make top-tier ones," Zhu Yanyi said honestly.
"Great! I happen to have a task for five-level pills. I'll send it to you tomorrow. Consider it practice for you," Ouyang Tianyun said with a smile.
Zhu Yanyi didn't refuse. "Third Senior Brother, I feel like I've boarded a pirate ship."
"Very smart," Ouyang Tianyun said with a solemn expression. "Fifteen, when I joined the Alchemy Department, the Alchemy Elder exploited me for years. Now that you are here to take my place, let me have some rest."
Ouyang Tianyun grinned. "Besides, I've stayed in the academy for so long. I should go out and walk around. I haven't left for years because of alchemy."
Hearing this, everyone understood. Yi Yunfei looked at Ouyang Tianyun and asked, "You want to go out for training?"
"Yes. I also want to find my two younger sisters who were separated from me when we were young. No matter what, I need to go out. Most importantly, my cultivation has hit a bottleneck. If I don't go out, I fear I won't break through."
Ouyang Tianyun respected this eldest senior brother, so he explained clearly.
Yi Yunfei nodded slightly. "In that case, I won't stop you. Since I am back, I can handle things here for now. It has been hard on you these years."
Although there were only a few senior brothers in the academy, they had an unspoken rule that one would always stay to guard the place.
"If I were you, Third Senior Brother, you should leave three months later," Zhu Yanyi said. "There is a competition in three months. Even if it is for beginners, shouldn't you be there?"
Ouyang Tianyun smiled lightly. "I won't go far for now. I mainly want to gather some herbs first. I will return in about two months, so I won't miss the competition in three months. Only after that competition will I go out for long-term training."
So Ouyang Tianyun already had his own plan.
"Anyway, the point is, I will replace you and become the one exploited and enslaved by the Alchemy Elder," Zhu Yanyi said with a helpless expression. "Third Senior Brother, you are about to be free. Give me some compensation."
"Should I give you more alchemy tasks?" Ouyang Tianyun said, implying that if she really wanted compensation, that was fine too.
"See? See? This is the tragedy of being a junior sister," Zhu Yanyi said, acting pitiful.
Jian Feiyan said directly, "I say, you might as well come to our place. That way, Third Brother won't abuse you."
"The problem is I want to learn alchemy," Zhu Yanyi sighed deeply. "Forget it. After I finish learning alchemy, I will change jobs. Haha."
"Then take your time learning," Jian Feiyan said with a helpless look. "Anyway, I have no interest in alchemy. Sitting in front of an alchemy furnace all day hurts my skin."
"Second Senior Sister, do you want me to make some beauty creams and masks for you? Apply them morning and night. I guarantee your skin will be like snow, white with a pink glow, and very beautiful," Zhu Yanyi said with a grin.
"Is there really such a cream?" Jian Feiyan's eyes lit up. Not only Jian Feiyan, but Zhuo Yue, Mi Xiao, and even the new arrival Cui Chang'an's eyes lit up.
Zhu Yanyi knew that when it came to beauty, women could not escape. She smiled and said, "Of course, there is such a cream. I would never lie to you. If you really want it, I will make it today and bring it to you tomorrow."
"Great! You don't need to bring it to us tomorrow. Just notify us through the communication token," Jian Feiyan said seriously.
"What is a communication token?" Zhu Yanyi asked curiously.
"It was forged by an elder in our academy during artifact refinement. Since everyone is here today, each of you will get one," the Academy Elder explained, who had been listening to their jokes. He waved his hand, and someone brought a basket of items. They were pieces of something that looked like jade but wasn't. The Academy Elder distributed one to each of them.
She then said, "Insert your identity jade pendant into the slot on top. This communication token will be bound to you. Each person gets only one. When you want to use it, press the blue button. When you are done, press the red button to turn it off. Even if you are in a secret realm, we can see your information. So, do not lose this item."
Zhu Yanyi carefully bound her identity token to the communication token. She pressed the blue button, and a group chat appeared. The number of people in the group was increasing. The new members were those who had just received the tokens, while the original members were all teachers and elders of the school, including Xi Muzheng.
Zhu Yanyi felt this was like a QQ group in the mortal world.
"Let me try," Mi Xiao said to the communication token. "Let me try. Everyone, don't hit me."
Sure enough, a voice message appeared in the communication token.
Zhu Yanyi thought this was quite good. No wonder everyone arrived quickly last time when Xu Xingtian called. It made sense.
"Why don't we create a student-only group? That way, if we say something, the elders and teachers won't catch us," Jian Feiyan said boldly.
"How do we create one?" Shi Chengchen asked.
"Let me try." Jian Feiyan created a group named "Academy Students" and pulled everyone in. Zhu Yanyi watched the operation. It really looked like a QQ group.